I thought I’d have some fun for my next Skeining blog post, and feature something you see every day: your desktop background. I’m often surprised at what some people choose to display on their computer screens — sometimes it’s pictures of family, or a scene from a vacation. Other times, it’s something abstract, like a pattern, or maybe a famous work of art.

My girlfriend Alice changes her background images often; I will use the same one for months or years at a time. She’s a photographer, and chooses images from her repertoire. I’m not nearly as handy with a camera as she is, so I’ll often use something I’ve pulled from the web. For example, here’s what I’m currently using as my desktop picture.